Surah “The Overwhelming, The Overwhelming Calamity, The Pall”

as rendered by Yusuf Ali (Saudi Rev. 1985) — 26 verses

Has the story reached thee of the overwhelming (Event)
Some faces, that Day, will be humiliated
Labouring (hard), weary,
The while they enter the Blazing Fire,
The while they are given, to drink, of a boiling hot spring
No food will there be for them but a bitter Dhari
Which will neither nourish nor satisfy hunger
(Other) faces that Day will be joyful
Pleased with their striving,
In a Garden on high
Where they shall hear no (word) of vanity
Therein will be a bubbling spring
Therein will be Thrones (of dignity), raised on high
Goblets placed (ready)
And cushions set in rows
And rich carpets (all) spread out
Do they not look at the Camels, how they are made?
And at the Sky, how it is raised high?
And at the Mountains, how they are fixed firm?
And at the Earth, how it is spread out
Therefore do thou give admonition, for thou art one to admonish
Thou art not one to manage (men's) affairs
But if any turn away and reject Allah,
Allah will punish him with a mighty Punishment
For to Us will be their return
Then it will be for Us to call them to account